Hamoud Almahmoud (Syria) joined the staff of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) in 2014 as a Researcher, to establish ARIJ’s MENA Research & Data Desk as part of a “follow the money” investigation project in cooperation between ARIJ and OCCRP- Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Working with ARIJ as an investigative reporter in Syria from 2006, he advanced as an ARIJ coach, supervising new investigative reporters from Syria. Almahmoud has a Master’s Degree in Media and Communications, and has received many fellowships and advanced training opportunities at BBC, Reuters, IREX, IMF, Swedish TV and OCCRP. He won a regional prize with Thomson Reuters in investigative journalism in 2008. He also serves as a speaker and trainer at many regional and global investigative journalism conferences. Previously, he edited Al Iqtisadi leading business magazine and Aliqtisadi.com portal (Syria). He was lecturer at Damascus University ‘s Faculty of Media, Radio and TV Department, teaching Investigative Journalism. (2013-2014). He was an economic expert at Carnegie Middle East Center (CMEC) and UN ESCWA--Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia in 2013.
| 15:15-16:15 | Ballroom1, Floor G : ARIJ and the Panama PapersIn this session, ARIJEANS Musab Al-Shawabkeh (Jordan), Ilyas Hallas (Algeria), Riyad Kobeissi (Lebanon) and Montadhar Naser (Iraq) and Mohammed Al-Kawmani (Yemen) share tools of the trade including what and what not to do when working on cross-border investigations that rely on detailed data journalism analysis to expose corruption and abuse of power. Moderators
Hamoud AlmahmoudHamoud Almahmoud (Syria) joined the staff of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) in 2014 as a Researcher, to establish ARIJ’s MENA Research & Data Desk as part of a “follow the money” investigation project in cooperation between ARIJ and OCCRP- Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Working with ARIJ as an investigative reporter in Syria from 2006, he advanced as an ARIJ coach, supervising new investigative reporters from Syria. Almahmoud has a Master’s Degree in Media and Communications, and has received many fellowships and advanced training opportunities at BBC, Reuters, IREX, IMF, Swedish TV and OCCRP. He won a regional prize with Thomson Reuters in investigative journalism in 2008. He also serves as a speaker and trainer at many regional and global investigative journalism conferences. Previously, he edited Al Iqtisadi leading business magazine and Aliqtisadi.com portal (Syria). He was lecturer at Damascus University ‘s Faculty of Media, Radio and TV Department, teaching Investigative Journalism. (2013-2014). He was an economic expert at Carnegie Middle East Center (CMEC) and UN ESCWA--Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia in 2013. |
